PAWAN FOLLOWING BJP SCRIPT, ALLEGES TPCC CHIEF MAHESH GOUD

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud launched a sharp attack on Jana Sena chief and AP Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan over his recent remarks on Telangana and the Congress party, alleging that the Jana Sena leader was acting at the behest of the BJP leadership.

Claiming there was a political conspiracy behind Pawan Kalyan’s comments, Mahesh Goud said the actor-turned-politician was merely repeating a script prepared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leaders. “Politics is not a movie set where one can speak recklessly”, he remarked.

The TPCC chief recalled Pawan Kalyan’s opposition to Telangana’s formation and said the Congress, under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi, fulfilled the long-standing aspiration of the people by creating a separate state. He questioned Pawan’s role during the Telangana movement and accused him of ignoring the sacrifices made by Telangana youth. In fact, the BJP leaders, including Modi, had previously insulted the Telangana state in a similar manner, he quipped.

Mahesh Goud also credited Congress governments for laying the foundation of India’s space sector and said criticism of the Congress party could not be reduced to “movie dialogues”. He noted that Telangana audiences had played a major role in Pawan Kalyan’s success as a film star and advised him to focus on governance issues in Andhra Pradesh.

Raising political questions over the silence of the opposition BRS, Mahesh Goud alleged that the lack of response from BRS leaders despite Pawan Kalyan’s comments indicated a tacit understanding between the BJP, BRS and the Jana Sena leader.

While stressing the need for cordial relations between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, he said political leaders should refrain from making provocative remarks against Telangana for electoral gains. He claimed Telangana’s development and welfare-oriented governance had become a model worthy of emulation by neighbouring states.